Ive poked around on this site for a while now. I have amassed many used drums for conversion but haven't gotten around to it. Was unsure at first whether I wanted to do the TOM-ahawk chop in half method for thin toms or use the full tom. Decided on using full toms. I ordered some used toms off ebay. I started getting mapex v toms in a pretty blue plasma color, but couldn't get that many of them for very cheap. So I switched and started ordering Ludwig accent toms in 10 and 12 sizes, as well as a 13 for a future bass drum. Then I found a 14" snare and I was off.
I was then going to sell some of the extra toms that didn't match on ebay, but then decided, what's a few more toms on the kit? But they didn't match, and that bothered me. I didn't want to post my build on this site with a bunch of mismatched toms. So I came across some threads using contact paper to recover the drums. What an idea. I contacted HELLFIRE who showed some old conversions with contact paper that looked great. I used an Ultra Black Marble contact paper found through amazon.com for $4.50 a roll.
So far I've recovered the drums and started fitting mounting brackets inside. Im going to use the circular metal disk method of DAVEYBABES thread for a base plate. Im going to pick up the metal from the machinist today - hes cutting it on the plasma table. Ive got heads on the way from BPMmusic and the TD20 arrived yesterday! Next Ill have to sell some stuff to get a vh-12 and cy-15. Scored two cy-14's cheap through this site. Ill be using two kd-7's chained until the bass drum conversion is complete.
Im also going to hook up my 20 to an Onkyo 1000W stereo with center/right/left channels and bass thumper (actually a 6.1 system but only going to use 3.1 of it). Anyone have success with this as a personal monitor for practice use? Thanks to all for inspiration, Im sure many questions will follow in the next few weeks. V
I was then going to sell some of the extra toms that didn't match on ebay, but then decided, what's a few more toms on the kit? But they didn't match, and that bothered me. I didn't want to post my build on this site with a bunch of mismatched toms. So I came across some threads using contact paper to recover the drums. What an idea. I contacted HELLFIRE who showed some old conversions with contact paper that looked great. I used an Ultra Black Marble contact paper found through amazon.com for $4.50 a roll.
So far I've recovered the drums and started fitting mounting brackets inside. Im going to use the circular metal disk method of DAVEYBABES thread for a base plate. Im going to pick up the metal from the machinist today - hes cutting it on the plasma table. Ive got heads on the way from BPMmusic and the TD20 arrived yesterday! Next Ill have to sell some stuff to get a vh-12 and cy-15. Scored two cy-14's cheap through this site. Ill be using two kd-7's chained until the bass drum conversion is complete.
Im also going to hook up my 20 to an Onkyo 1000W stereo with center/right/left channels and bass thumper (actually a 6.1 system but only going to use 3.1 of it). Anyone have success with this as a personal monitor for practice use? Thanks to all for inspiration, Im sure many questions will follow in the next few weeks. V
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